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From my Brain: 50 Random NPCs

Monday I talked about what to do if game night came around and you had nothing, and I suggested having some pre-made NPCs on hand to make your life easier. Looking through my GM’s binder (you don’t have one? Oh, they’re brilliant! I’ll tell you all about mine sometime) I noticed my stock of NPCs was looking a bit thin. Since I have a few campaigns coming up I figured this is a s good a time to rebuild my stable, and if you can use them as well, so much the better.

Each NPC has a name, occupation, and either a physical or personality quirk. That should be enough to get you started, and you can flesh them out from there as needed. Either roll percentiles to chose an NPC at random or grab one you like. As far as names go I’ve tried to stay gender neutral while keeping a fantasy feel. The names should also transfer fairly well between races, but feel free to add or modify as you need.

73_74: Areck, embalmer, seems surprised and offended at being spoken to

75-76: Ormpero, wheelwright, long hair constantly falling in eyes

77-78: Rilath, soothsayer, uses nicknames/terms of endearment

79-80: Verarde, bailiff, sweats a lot

81-82: Cleny, grocer, makes bets about anything

83-84: Verelda, carpet weaver, covered in tattoos

85-86: Burtat, clerk, overly agreeable

87-88: Rodlera, steward, scratches a lot

89-90: Essib, messenger, know-it-all

91-92: Kelund, painter, enormous sideburns

93-94: Braque, custodian, easily angered

95-96: Foon, innkeeper, covered in pustules

97-98: Zyser, valet, almost violently self-loathing

99-100: Smeden, teamster, winks a lot

And there you go, fifty NPCs to fill out your campaign world. The names were generated using this Fantasy Name Generator; occupations came from a list of fantasy-world jobs on page 97 of the GameMastery Guide; characteristics came mostly out of my brain or from random searches on the internet.